Example sentences of "[verb] he [prep] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shrivelled him with one glance . |
| 2 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |
| 3 | Elizabeth Woodville turned and drew him to one side . |
| 4 | Eventually Johnny drew him to one side with a shock-haired young reporter who sported horn-rimmed glasses and a velvet bow-tie . |
| 5 | Born in St Petersburg , Iacovleff was associated with Bakst and Diaghilev before moving to Paris where such was his repute that Sargent described him as one of the greatest living draftsmen . |
| 6 | He wrote a preface to David Jones 's In Parenthesis in which he noted the fact that Jones was of the same generation as Pound and himself ; he also wrote a preface to Lewis 's One-Way Song and described him as one of those who had been falsely labelled by " the Messenmensch " as a fascist but nevertheless chose " to walk alone " . |
| 7 | Susan Einzig regarded him as one of the brightest jewels in a smart set . |
| 8 | But the Gloucesters still regarded him as one of theirs . |
| 9 | While Blanche tries to pass him in one of the passages he grabs her and he hurts her in the cruellest and most brutal way . |
| 10 | Shaw joined the company in 1944 and was still only 17 when Ashton used him as one of the three male dancers in Symphonic Variations . |
| 11 | Apparently , the free spending Italian club AC Milan were so taken with him that they offered Celtic a fee of £100,000 for his services , only to recoil in fear when the club 's manager Jock Stein told him they could only rent him for one game for that amount . |
| 12 | The 55-year-old 's icy calm distinguished him as one of General Norman Schwarzkopf 's closest aides during the Gulf War . |
| 13 | ‘ Get out of the way , ’ snapped Rohmer , pushing him to one side as he moved towards Pearce . |
| 14 | The policewoman came back , with a man ; Alice recognised him as one of those from the other night . |
| 15 | Sadly , they wo n't carry him on one of his exciting runs to the tryline in the next eight days of Australia 's Welsh tour because he sprained an ankle at training . |
| 16 | Give us grace to show and to share Jesus with individuals this week , and help us to serve Him in one another , and to love as he loves us . |
| 17 | Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it . |
| 18 | The blurb for Barry Newcombe 's book , the story of England 's climb to respectability , describes him as one of the game 's ‘ sanest analysts ’ . |
| 19 | She had met him at one of those dinner parties which had now become the nexus of her social life , replacing conferences and meetings , although few of the individuals had changed . |
| 20 | She 'd met him at one of Klein 's parties — a casual encounter — and had given him very little conscious thought subsequently . |
| 21 | She 'd enjoyed a brief dalliance with Lorimer a few years earlier , after she 'd met him at one of the receptions Wakelate had attended , incognito , on business . |
| 22 | Last December they were instrumental in getting rid of Mr Gaidar and replacing him with one of those industrialists . |
| 23 | Those who have not yet had a surfeit of Monsieur Depardieu can see him in one of his period roles in the sumptuous Tout Les Matins Du Monde . |
| 24 | ‘ He says the players would often not see him from one day to the next . |
| 25 | Jacob 's taking advantage of his father 's blindness and frailty , and his deceiving him at one of the most solemn moments of his life , are reminiscent of the shame and humiliation brought to Noah by his son Ham . |
| 26 | Some kung fu clubs place a blindfolded student amid a circle of fellow students , who attack him with one technique at intermittent intervals . |
| 27 | And Shaunagh was there to help him through one of the most embarrassing moments of his life . |
| 28 | Rohmer took him by the coat sleeve , leading him to one of the upholstered seats beside Jimmy . |
| 29 | The development of this part of the plot is swift , Lear 's impatient anger leading him from one self-imposed crisis to another . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've wrapped him in one of Dad 's handkerchiefs , ’ he said . |